I only speak facts

Last week, while still in New York, I agreed to be interviewed for a friend's sister's article about gay comic book characters, as said sister needed a female subject for the piece. (Said friend asked me about this only two hours after my very exciting tour of the DC Comics office; how did he know?) Because of schedules and time zones, this interview ended up happening much earlier in the day than I'd have liked; I was thus much much less than coherent, and went back to sleep immediately afterwards (this was the morning after one of my drunk-and-lost-in-the-lower-East-side adventures, which definitely didn't help matters).

Today (again, much earlier in the day than I'd have liked), I got a call from a fact-checker working on this piece, who wanted to verify my background information and quotes. As an internet journalist, I admit this was pretty foreign to me as a concept, but I rolled with it as best I could. We got through the basics, then the fact checker started confirming with me all the things I'd said to the sister. I like Brian K. Vaughn? Check. Y The Last Man is about the only man to survive a worldwide plague? Check. Dr. Allison Mann is a lesbian? Check.

"And your favorite gay comic book character is Detective Renee Montoya?"

"Um, yes?" I picked her because I always liked Montoya in the Dini Batman series, in her pre-lesbian days. But I liked Montoya not because of what gender she dated... Wait, shit, what did I say I liked about Montoya?

"She's your favorite character because she solves crime?"

"Um. Yes."

I didn't bother to correct it. That might be the single dorkiest quote I've ever given a journalist (student or otherwise). But even more sadly? It's the truth. She solves crime. It's rad.

Labels: comics, in which our heroine

posted by Liz  # 8:09 PM

Comments:
haha, I love that. I'm going to start using that when anyone asks me why I like something.
"Do you like this pizza"
"yes"
"Why?"
"Because it solves crime."
# posted by  Xine : April 24, 2008 9:21:00 AM PDT 

Now she solves crime... WITHOUT A FACE!
# posted by  Jeff : May 1, 2008 3:09:00 PM PDT 

Gah, really? Ick.
# posted by  Liz : May 1, 2008 5:20:00 PM PDT 

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